Before today, He Yunzhou never knew that sometimes embarrassment can be turned into reality.
Yet he knows now.
During the short journey of helping Shu Ran from the porch to the sofa, Shu Ran has looked at Huo Zheng many times through He Yunzhou.
"You're the one... the one... right?"
Shu Ran mysteriously blinked at Huo Zheng.
Huo Zheng: "..."
He Yunzhou: "Shu Ran, you are drunk."
Shu Ran hiccupped, then suddenly nodded seriously at Huo Zheng.
"I can see...you...you are...hiccup..." She suddenly stopped, stared blankly for a while, then turned to He Yunzhou with a blurred gaze, "...I want to drink beer."
Huo Zheng stared at Shu Ran's face, took a deep breath, and said nothing.
On the other side, He Yunzhou, listening to Shu Ran's nonsense, was about to explode, afraid that she would accidentally say something that shouldn't be said, and make the whole scene even more out of control.
Fortunately, Shu Ran's wine is not too bad, as long as she gets what she wants, she will settle down.
He Yunzhou bit the bullet and reset Shu Ran on the sofa, and then handed a beer bottle filled with iced black tea to the latter.
"Here, your wine,"
"I always feel that your beer is sweet..."
Shu Ran smirked a few words, holding the beer bottle in both hands, with the smell of alcohol on his face, he began to sip in small sips.
It wasn't until Shu Ran calmed down that He Yunzhou breathed a sigh of relief—
But then he realized that the silence around him was terrifying.
"..."
He Yunzhou sighed silently, turned around and looked at the other corner of the living room.
Huo Zheng didn't hide his dislike for Shu Ran at all.
After entering the living room, he dragged the single sofa chair to the corner farthest from Shu Ran, and sat down.
It seemed that he was avoiding the smell of alcohol on Shu Ran's body, but other than that, he seemed to be a little sulking.
Unfortunately, the place where the young and arrogant Mr. Huo settled himself happened to be next to Pumpkin's cat climbing frame.
So when He Yunzhou turned his head, what he saw was the frosty Huo Zheng and the fat pumpkin huddled together, staring at him and Shu Ran together.
Displeasure was written all over Huo Zheng's body, and vigilance and curiosity were written all over Pumpkin's face.
At this moment, He Yunzhou seemed to see an unusually familiar picture in that corner—the scene of Gua Ji and Pumpkin sitting side by side secretly peeping at the living room was still yesterday, and He Yunzhou couldn't help being a little dazed.
"I didn't know before... you're pretty good at coaxing people."
On the other side, seeing He Yunzhou's soft voice and innocent face tricking the drunk with iced black tea, Huo Zheng felt that the inexplicable anger in his body became more and more intense, and his tone of voice was also very subtle.
Rather than saying it was gloomy, it would be better to say it was resentful.
Realizing this, Huo Zheng's heart tightened, and he pressed his lips together tightly.
"She's just drunk." He Yunzhou recovered, and quickly softened his voice to explain to Huo Zheng, "After all, she is my friend, so I can't just ignore her."
"Well, I can tell."
Huo Zheng replied seemingly calmly.
But this appearance fell into He Yunzhou's eyes, and once again overlapped with Gua Ji's appearance.
Ah, if Huo Zheng was really a cat, he would probably have his tail upright by now, bent down and began to hiss in a low voice.
Didn't expect that even hating Shu Ran is exactly the same
He Yunzhou couldn't help thinking.
Yes, Guaji didn't like Shu Ran very much during his lifetime. Of course, Gua Ji was the kind of cat that hated humans from the very beginning. Except for He Yunzhou, he was very defensive towards everyone. But probably because every time Shu Ran comes, he is accompanied by drunkenness and crying, and the sound and smell are very strong, so Shu Ran and another person are almost tied for the first place on Gua Ji's list of hated humans.
…
The only thing to be thankful for this evening was that the embarrassing situation for He Yunzhou did not last long.
Before Shu Ran even had time to finish the can of iced black tea and beer, He Yunzhou's cell phone rang.
He Yunzhou turned on his phone and saw the words "Liang Mengmeng".
It would be a lie to say that there is no slight pain in the heart and a hundred flavors mixed in, but in the same way, the fact that Liang Mengmeng found herself quickly did not exceed He Yunzhou's expectations.
After all, the same process has been staged more than once in his house.
"I'm at the door, come to pick her up."
Even after pressing the answer button, the words He Yunzhou heard seemed familiar.
Opening the door, a thin woman walked in with ease. What didn't match the slightly cute name was the blunt and cold aura and slightly gloomy face on her body. It can be said that she was the type that was not easy to deal with at first glance.
After entering the door, her eyes paused for a moment on Huo Zheng in the corner, and her gaze became a little complicated.
But in the end she just nodded slightly, said "Hello" softly, and completely ignored Huo Zheng.
"I'm sorry to trouble you again this time, thank you."
Turning around, Liang Mengmeng said to He Yunzhou.
However, He Yunzhou always felt that Liang Mengmeng seemed to emphasize the tone of that "trouble", and the thank you was more solemn than he remembered.
When He Yunzhou was slightly stunned, Liang Mengmeng walked towards the sofa calmly, and hugged Shu Ran directly.
"Ah Ran, get up and go home."
She leaned close to Shu Ran's ear and whispered.
"Cute?! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, you came to pick me up—"
Upon hearing Liang Mengmeng's voice, Shu Ran, who was as drunk as a dead dog before, jumped up from the sofa and hugged his lover's waist tightly.
The next moment, she cried out, half crying and half laughing.
"Mengmeng, you're not angry with me anymore, are you? We won't break up, right woooooo—"
"Um."
Facing the tearful, pitiful and alcohol-smelling Shu Ran, Liang Mengmeng's expression gradually became gentle.
Seeing that Shu Ran was really about to cry, she stretched out her hand and touched Shu Ran's messy hair.
"Don't cry."
she said.
Shu Ran buried his head on her shoulder, sobbed a bit, and lowered his voice.
"Well, I don't cry."
He obviously didn't say a single disgusting word, and didn't do any action.
But at this moment, anyone can feel that the two people hugging tightly are deeply in love with each other.
He Yunzhou stood not far from the two of them in a daze, lowering his eyes.
On the other side of the room, Huo Zheng stared at Shu Ran and Liang Mengmeng with some annoyance, his face full of gloom.
He felt a very strange, unexplainable discomfort.
Especially after he found He Yunzhou who was standing there smiling and motionless, this strange mood swelled to the point that he couldn't control it.
He Yunzhou's smile...why does it look so sad
Huo Zheng's eyes couldn't help but stay on He Yunzhou's somewhat melancholy side face.
The chest area is very heavy, no, it should be said, very itchy? Huo Zheng couldn't find any words to describe this feeling. He had an urge to rush over and hug He Yunzhou, and then throw those two women who were desperately sending out pink broadcasts out of He Yunzhou's house.
But that woman came here to take away that drunk, so why did she still make him so upset
Huo Zheng really hated He Yunzhou's smile at this moment.
…
Huo Zheng was still thinking in this room, but Shu Ran had completely calmed down in that room.
In the second half of drunkenness, Shu Ran seemed a little drowsy, but Liang Mengmeng hugged her who was still a little staggering while walking, and planned to leave.
They are so familiar with a few people that even the polite process is directly omitted.
He Yunzhou managed to maintain a gentle smile on his face, and sent the two people out of the door.
"goodbye."
He waved at them.
Next, you should turn around calmly and close the door calmly.
Then, wait.
Waiting for the next time, his door was opened again, and Shu Ran broke in again, and was taken away by Liang Mengmeng.
He Yunzhou thought that this time he could digest the pain this time as usual.
However, the moment the door was closed, he raised his head subconsciously and saw Shu Ran's back.
The person who once lit up his life leaned on another person's shoulder, and gradually moved away from him step by step.
He Yunzhou's mind went blank for a moment.
"I'll go see her off."
In a trance, He Yunzhou only said this hastily to Huo Zheng, and then rushed out of the gate.
…
In front of the elevator entrance, Liang Mengmeng was a little surprised to see He Yunzhou again.
"Yunzhou? What's the matter... Is there something wrong?"
"that… "
He Yunzhou suddenly stopped, looking at the lovers cuddling each other in front of him.
He stood there stupidly, never feeling so embarrassed and stupid.
Reason gradually returned to the body, but the pain entrenched in the heart increased every second.
Shu Ran's breakup ended again, just like so many times before. For a long time, He Yunzhou was just a small prop in their love. Now that the little love between them has come to an end, why did he foolishly run out to take his own humiliation
He Yunzhou seemed to be able to hear an extremely cold voice whispering in his ear.
"You two should have a good time." (Shu Ran, actually I like you.)
The next moment, He Yunzhou heard himself speaking in a gentle, unfamiliar voice.
"Don't bother if you can. I'm still counting on when I can go to the United States for a wedding feast."
(I've always, always, always liked you all these years.)
"The two of you can be regarded as models of true love for so many years. My confidence in love depends entirely on you."
The lights in the corridor flickered slightly, and at that moment, Liang Mengmeng's expression seemed a little strange.
But when He Yunzhou calmed down and looked again, both Shu Ran and Liang Mengmeng were the same as before.
"Hee hee hee... You too... Classmate He..."
Before Liang Mengmeng could speak, Shu Ran had already opened his mouth with a smirk.
Don't look at her crying like a dog at He Yunzhou's house before, but now when she returns to Liang Mengmeng's side, she immediately becomes happy like a child during the Chinese New Year.
"You have to be nice to Mr. Good... I think he's pretty good... And... he's much more handsome than that shit Ouyang... As expected of my buddy, he has a good eye... I think you were very clingy to him before... Shhh, I can see that you are not normal to him... "
While talking, she winked at He Yunzhou and kept gesticulating with her thumb.
Liang Mengmeng also said at the right time: "Congratulations."
As soon as He Yunzhou heard it, he knew that the two had really misunderstood Huo Zheng's identity.
"Actually, what, you misunderstood, he is not my love object..."
He wanted to explain.
That person wasn't really his love interest, and he wasn't really gay—
But while speaking, He Yunzhou's gaze accidentally landed on Shu Ran and Liang Mengmeng's clasped hands again.
Countless pictures flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern, the pain that he couldn't ask for, the secret love for many years, the calm and sour blessings that were pretended... instantly swelled, diffused, and out of control.
By coincidence, He Yunzhou's thoughts moved slightly, as if being controlled by another person, and he finished the second half of the sentence.
"...I haven't succeeded yet, and I'm still trying to pursue him. After all, he is such a handsome man, so it's hard to chase him."
Pounding—
Pounding—
Pounding—
Pounding—
He Yunzhou didn't know, but in an invisible corner behind him, a person suddenly turned around, and his back was firmly pressed against the cold wall.
The author has something to say: Huo Zheng: Heh, you said it yourself, I am not easy to chase after (?'ヘ′?;)ゞ